Stake-pocket



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STAKE-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,940, dated'January3, 1899. Application-filed October 20, 1898. Serial No. 6941129. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.'

Beit known that I, JOHN CLIFTON KINsLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Stake- Pocket, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in stake-pockets.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofstakepockets and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable oneadapted to support the sides of a car and prevent the same from bulgingand capable of retaining theside sills in position.

A further object of the invention is to pro- Vide a stake-pocket of thischaracter which may be readily applied to old cars as well as to thosein process of construction.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and` pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva ltion of a portion of a carprovided with stakepockets constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of one of thestake-pockets,the car bein gshown in section. Fig. 8 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 4c is a front elevation. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionalview of the baseeplate of the stake-pocket. Fig. 6 is a reverse planview of the stake-pocket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all theligures of the drawings.

1 designates a stake-pocket constructed of malleable iron or othersuitable metal and having a vertical socket adapted to receive a stake 2in the usual manner and having an inclined upper edge 3 extending upwardand outward from the adjacent side 4 of a car 5. The stake-pocketextends downward below the lower edges of the sides et, and its lowerportion is provided with grooves formed by ribs 6 and receiving a pairof upper and lower staples 7, which extend through the side sill S ofthe car and are secured to the same by nuts 9. Instead of employingapair of staples for securing the lower portion of the stakepocket tothe car a single staple may be used,

if desired. The upper portion of the stakepocket is secured to theadjacent side 4 of the car by bolts 10 and l1, which also pass throughthe stake and retain the same in the pocket.

The stakeepocket is provided between its ends with a horizontalbase-plate 12, extending inward and arranged iiush with the upper faceof the bottom 13 of the car and provided adjacent to its end 15 with adepending lip or flange 1l, which is secured bybolts 15*L to theadjacent intermediate sill 16 of the car. The end 15, which is flanged,rests upon the upper face of the intermediate sill 1G, and the flooringof the car is cut out to receive the base-plate.

The base-plate, which is provided with a raised portion 17 adjacent tothe stake-pocket,

is strengthened by a longitudinal web l8,disf

posed centrally of its lower face and provided with laterally-disposedhorizontal flanges 19. The inner end of the base-plate is thickenedwhere it joins the stake-pocket to increase the strength of the device,and the raised portion 17 is provided forthe purpose of supporting thesides of the car, a short distance above the bottom of the same. Theseflanges 19 extend from the depending lip or flange to the stake-pocketand are supported by transverse vertical flanges 20, located at pointsbetween the end 15 of the base-plate and the stake-pocket. The flanges19j are narrower than the base-plate between the depending lip or flangeand the further flange 20, and between the latter and the stake-pocketthe horizontal flanges have widened portions 21 of the same width as thebase-plate. The depending lip or flange is braced by a centrallyarrangedtriangular web 22, extending from its lower edge to a point directlybeneath the longitudinal web 18. The perforations 23"for the receptionof the bolts 152L are located at opposite sides of the triangularbracing-web 22, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the accompanyingdrawings, and the stake-pocket is strengthened around the bolt-openingsby annular bosses or enlargements.

`The invention has the following advantages: The stake-pocket,which isconstructed of malleable iron, is adapted to be readily applied to newand old cars, and by being secured to the side sills and the adjacentintermediate sills in the manner shown it is adapted to IOO brace thecars, retain the side sills in place, and prevent the sides from bulgingou t. The flanged base-plate, which extends from the stake-pocket, isflush with the upper face of the bottoni of a car,and it presents aconstruc-A tion of great strength and durability.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

lVhat is claimed isl. A device of the class described comprising astake-pocket designed to be secured to the outer face of a car at theside and side sill thereof, and a base-plate extending inward from thestake-pocket ata point between the ends thereof and provided with alipor flange arranged to be secured to the adjacent intermediate sill of acar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a stake-pocket, and abase-plate extending inward from the stake-pocket, provided a shortdistance from its end with a depending flange or lip and havingsupporting webs and flanges, substantially as described.

A device of the class described comprising a stake-pocket, and abase-plate extending inward from the stake-pocket and composed of a topplate, a central longitudinal web, depending from the top plate, thehorizontal laterally-disposed lianges arranged at the bottom of thecentral web and provided adjacent to the stake-pocket, with widenedportions, transverse webs connecting the top plate and the horizontalflanges, and a lip or ange depending from the base plate and having abrace, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a stake-pocket, and abase-plate extending inward from the stake-pocket and having its upperface arranged flush with the bottom of a car, said base-plate beingprovided, ad-

jacent to the stake-pocket, with a raised portion, 17, adapted tosupport the sides of the car a short distance above the bottom of thesame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CLIFTON KINS'LEY. lVitnesses:

E. R. MELLEN,

M. E. lvlENELEv.

